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6 - Xhaka. Only creative midfielder, and got one extra point for that.
5 - Elneny. All over the place aimlessly. Reactive and no anticipation.
5 - Willock. Try hard and still raw.
6 - Iwobi. Trying to make thing happen.

5 - Lacazette. One extra point for the goal, otherwise as useful as udders on a bull.4
4 - Aubameyang. Anonymous. Perhaps thinking "WTF am I doing here?"

A game that exposed our vulnerable right flank with Chambers who can't pass, can't defend. Guess this is his last season with us and why we need one or two class CB who can defend.
AMN is way better as right wing-back than Chambers.

Pretty patterns with neat passes but no penetration since Iwobi, Elneny and Xhaka are not creative playmaker.

Lacazette is a big question mark and suffering from the "No. 9" Curse and I doubt very much he will fit into a mobile team that needed him to move and remain mobile all the time to create space in the box and to drag defenders out of position. He is too static and a one-dimensional striker who is superb in the box with the ball feed to his feet. Other that that, he is useless.

We need to buy a touch-tackling midfielder that can tackle, hold the ball and can pass out of defence. The team is missing this key and vital component for the entire season.
After Petit, Vieira, Gilberto and Song, Arsene Wenger failed to develop a youth player to fulfil this role in the senior team.

Chambers - 5. Good first half, missed a good chance. Ineffective second half.
Mustafi - 3. Lost his man at the front post for the second Sunday running. Shaky throughout. Only seems capable of an 8/10 performance or a (far more frequent) 3/10 performance.
Holding - 5. Better than Mustafi but still not great. Really disappointing season after his strong finish to last season.
Monreal - 4. Aimless header led to Newcastle's winner. Tried to get forward but crossing wasn't good. Poor performance.

Xhaka - 5. Passed well and put himself about, but pretty ineffective.
Elneny - 5. Ditto.
Willock - 5. Busy first half, messed up a good chance. Went missing in the second half.

Iwobi - 6. Lively first half but ineffective in the second half. End product lets him down.
Lacazette - 6. Good first half, scored and worked hard. Didn't see much of him in the second half.
Aubameyang - 6. Good first half, good assist and worked hard. Ineffective second half.

Arsenal had six players in their own half to cover three opposition men in the build-up to Matt Ritchie's winning strike, leaving former Manchester United skipper Vidic with little doubt as to where the Londoners need to improve ahead of next season.

"I think there is a lack of communication, they are watching the ball and not reacting," he told Sky Sports News.

"There are six players against three and there is no communication about who is going to go and attack the ball, who is going to cover.

It seems like in this situation, it is definitely organisation, and I can't say a lack of desire because I saw them in the first 20 minutes and they were really attacking and aggressive.

"I think communication is the key. Everyone is watching what the other player is going to do, no one is saying 'you attack, I'll go behind'.

I did that my whole career with Rio [Ferdinand], Patrice [Evra] and players I played with, we always had a communication between us.

It's wasn't just us waiting to see what was going to happen, we communicated all the time throughout the game.

"They have to defend. For me, when Arsenal get to pre-season, they don't have to think about scoring goals, they need to think about keeping a clean sheet because that is what they have to learn - to defend.

"That's the key if they want to challenge for the title because I think in the end, they will score 70 goals a season but they will concede 40.

For a team who is in the top seven who concede that many goals, I think they are doing well to be in that position."

Arsenal, beaten in all five away games since the turn of the year, are just two points better off than seventh-placed Burnley.

It's the old chestnut no organisation or if. they are given instructions they are ignoring them or are incapable of carrying them out.Its disgraceful how it's been allowed to continue for so long Wenger seems unable or unwilling to alter it.Changes are needed this summer but we all know it's not gonna happen.

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